Train accident horror in Germany! An ICE service was slashed open down the side when it crashed into a garbage truck. 15 people were injured.

A further 13 were injured in the terrible crash, according to the civil defence in Spain.

The victims had been cutting across the tracks at the Castelldefels Playa station rather than using the pedestrian underpass.

They were heading towards the beach to take part in a midsummer bonfire festival – an old tradition which celebrates the summer solstice.

Just before the fatal accident the group had arrived on another train. They had been crossing the tracks on foot at around 10.30pm when the high-speed train hit them.

The terrible outcome: 12 dead and 13 injured!

An eyewitness reported that a large number of people from the full train had been running across the tracks when the express appeared all of a sudden.

“It was brutal. It sounded as if someone was crushing stones, but it was actually people,” a shopowner said, as if he were suffering from shock. “Everything was covered in blood and body parts,” a local resident added.

The head of emergency services told Spanish TV station TV3 that the tragedy’s exact circumstances were still being investigated.

An AFP photographer reported that a body and some human body parts were still visible on the tracks hours after the accident.

The track was closed after the crash, for which dozens of rescue workers and policemen were deployed.